He was appointed head of scouting in July 2015, following the exit of head of recruitment and scouting Barry Simmonds four months earlier.

City said at the time he would head up scouting and match analysis, having recently finished a similar role with Burnley. Prior to joining the Clarets in 2012, Darnbrough worked as a technical scout at West Bromwich Albion.

The former Oldham Athletic goalkeeper had also worked previously in player analysis for Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa.

Hull have appointed former Russia boss Leonid Slutsky as head coach following relegation to the Championship, which saw Marco Silva leave for Watford.

The Hull Daily Mail are now reporting that Darnbrough is the man vice-chairman Ehab Allam intends to make director of football in a revamped management structure at the KCOM Stadium.